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A77004 Occasus occidentalis: or, Job in the VVest. As it was laid forth in two severall sermons, at two publike fasts, for the five associated westerne counties. By Iohn Bond B.L. late lecturer in the City of Exon, now minister at the Savoy, London. A member of the Assembly of Divines. Bond, John, 1612-1676. 1645 (1645) Wing B3572; Thomason E25_22; ESTC R4274 79,184 92

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